評論
打印
1. Who couldn't be admitted into medical college in early days?
2. Why did the college in Geneva accept Liza?
3. What did the president of Genera College do when Liza was accepted?
4. Elizabeth Blackwell was to become a doctor. The young American again and again to a number of medical , asking if she could be , but each time the answer was NO.
5. The decided to play a trick by turning the matter over to the students's meeting of the college, that the students would be the last to take Liza.
6. When the student body met, most students took no in the matter. Of the rest, some the young American's idea and some thought by having Liza they would be of their college training the world’ s first woman doctor.
Background Information 背景信息
1849年以前，醫學院是不接受女性的，人們認為，只有男性才有資格當醫生。世界上第一位女醫生是美國的伊麗莎白•布萊克韋爾，這位在英國出生的女性，20歲時才決心學醫，可沒有一家醫學院批準她入學，但她沒有因此而泄氣，終于進入了一家不出名的因學院就讀，1849年她以優異成績攻取了醫學博士學位，成為世界上第一位女醫生。
Words & Phrases 詞匯與短語
Words 詞匯
admit 接納，承認
application 申請，請求
Geneva 日內瓦
offend 冒犯，得罪
willing 樂意的，心甘情愿的
Phrases 短語
give in 屈服
play a trick 耍詭計
to one's surprises 另某人驚訝的是
take no interest in... 對......不感興趣
